Red Bull New York will give up its No. 1 pick, the seventh choice overall, in next year’s SuperDraft as part of the compensation package for luring head coach Juan Carlos Osorio away from Chicago, according to a source.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Rangers hopes to join Glasgow rival Celtic in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. It only needs to tie French champion Lyon at Ibrox on Wednesday to advance. The only other berth still up for grabs is in Group G, where Fenerbahce leads PSV by one point in the battle for second place. For all Wednesday’s TV listings …
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UEFA Champions League Results
Porto, Liverpool, Schalke 04, Real Madrid and Olympiakos clinched berths in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with wins on Tuesday in Matchday 6. For all the results and goal scorers …
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The Liverpool juggernaut completes turnaround
Liverpool gained revenge for its embarrassing loss to Marseille at Anfield in October with a 4-0 win at the Stade Velodrome Tuesday on the final day of group play in the UEFA Champions League. The result sent the Reds, last year’s runners-up, to the round of 16 along with Group A winner Porto.
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Girls national teams finish year in South America
[ROSTERS] The U.S. U-16 and U-17 girls national teams are capping off their 2007 seasons with trips to South America. The U-17s are in Buenos Aires until next Monday, while the U-16s are in Rio de Janeiro until Sunday.
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What They’re Saying
“I thought the lads looked lively and confident before the first goal went in.”
— Sheffield United coach Bryan Robson after his team’s 3-0 loss to Stoke City, which scored its first goal 90 seconds into the game. (BBC)
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OFF THE POST: McClaren wins one
Steve McClaren, fired as England national team coach in November, did win something: the Foot in Mouth Award from the Plain English Campaign. Among the judges’ favorite McClaren quotes, “He [Wayne Rooney] is inexperienced, but he’s experienced in terms of what he’s been through.” During his failed effort to qualify England for Euro 2008, McClaren also said, “We’re not as good as we think we are. We need to go out there and prove that” and “It was a no-win situation for everyone. We knew we had to win, and we did.”
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ESPN Wants UK EPL Rights
ESPN, the U.S.-based sports broadcasting behemoth, wants to buy the exclusive UK rights to broadcasting English Premier League games, according to various reports across the Web. Britain’s BSkyB and Ireland’s Setanta Sports currently hold those rights through the 2009-10 season. Together, the companies paid a record $3.4 billion to acquire the EPL rights last season; […]
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Five Players Bradley Overlooked
Over the course of his first year in charge of the U.S. national team, Bob Bradley looked at an amazing 60 players, blooding a veritable assembly line of young U.S. talent, from Jonathan Bornstein to Benny Feilhaber, Maurice Edu, Jozy Altidore, even his own son, Michael. Yet inevitably, like any national team coach, there are […]
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MLS’s Gazidis on Referees, the Salary Cap and New Stadiums
In the second of his three-part interview with MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis, Ian Plenderleith focuses on officiating in the league, its quality and the way players treat match referees. Gazidis also discusses the ongoing struggle to keep roster rules in line with the league’s growth, and the question of where to build soccer-specific stadiums, […]
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Galaxy in Talks with Poland Captain
The Los Angeles Galaxy may be close to securing the signature of Poland captain Maciej Zurawski. Despite playing a major role in the Pole’s qualification for Euro 2008, the 31-year-old striker has been rotting on the bench at Glasgow Celtic this season. According to American Soccer Daily, his agent Jerzy Kopiec is in L.A. now […]
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7 Secrets To Keeping Your Volunteers Happy
Volunteers are too valuable to treat unprofessionally!
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NCAA Division 1 Men’s & Women’s Coaching Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] More than 20 head coaching positions have opened up at NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer programs. For a list of coaching openings and job postings …
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U.S. World Cup player Jobson takes Baylor job
Marci Miller Jobson, who played on the U.S. team that finished third at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, is leaving Northern Illinois, where she spent the past three years as head coach, to lead the Baylor women’s program.
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From intramurals to College Cup star
Paul Kennedy begins the Men’s College Cup Countdown
Zach Simmons‘ college career began on the intramural fields at UMass and with the school’s club team. Three years later, he is headed the Men’s College Cup after leading the Minutemen to four straight wins in the NCAA Tournament.
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Yeagley selected for NSCAA Hall of Fame
The NSCAA has selected legendary Indiana University coach Jerry Yeagley as the 43rd member of its Hall of Fame.
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Women’s Junior College Division I All-America Team
The Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville, the NJCAA Division I women’s champion, landed three players on the on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Junior College Division I All-America Team: goalkeeper Kristen Sample, defender Saige Steinmetz and forward Shaneka Gordon. For all the All-Americans …
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division III All-America Team
NJCAA Division III champion Richland placed two players on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division I All-America first team: Carlos Videla and David Freeland. For all the All-Americans …
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division I All-America Team
NJCAA Division I champion Yavapai earned two first-team selections on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division I All-America Team: defender Vincent Fimbrez and midfielder Irving Garcia. Two other teams had two first-team selections: Georgia Perimeter (Jon Selkow and Marcelo Aguirre) and Tyler (Roger Dacosta and Kyle Timm). For all the All-Americans …
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Bruce Arena linked to Scotland job?
Would Scotland hire an American coach to revive a national team that hasn’t qualified for a major tournament in a decade? The question has come up because numerous media outlets reported that Bruce Arena expressed his interest in the position. Arena, contacted by e-mail, described the media reports as “pretty inaccurate,” but did not elaborate. A foreign nation hiring an American as national team coach would not be unprecedented.
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Osorio leaves Chicago for Red Bulls
A gain for Red Bull New York is a loss for Chicago, and a reprieve for Chivas USA. Juan Carlos Osorio, passed over twice in previous coaching searches by the dysfunctional MLS franchise previously known as the MetroStars, is bolting from the Fire five months after leaving his native Colombia to coach in MLS. Osorio’s move to Red Bull, where he replaces Bruce Arena, leaves Preki — who had pursued the Red Bull job — still in charge of Chivas USA, and Chicago in a major lurch.
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What They’re Saying
“After reflecting at length, I took the decision to exclude myself from the possibility of becoming the England manager even though I regard it as a wonderful job.”
— Jose Mourinho rules himself out of England national team coaching job. The Portuguese former Chelsea coach said he discussed the position with the English FA, whose leading candidates to replace Steve McClaren, fired after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, are believed to be Italians Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi and Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill. (AP)
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Five berths in the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League will be on the line on Tuesday. Marseille, only 13th in France’s Ligue 1, can clinch a berth in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League with a win against Liverpool at the Stade Velodrome. OM, which has won all six home games it’s played against English clubs, will also advance with a tie unless Besiktas wins at Porto. Liverpool will probably be knocked out unless it wins. In Group C, all four teams remain in contention, though the top two teams, Real Madrid and Olympiakos, are both at home. For all Tuesday’s TV listings …
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Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds win rematch
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds beat Iran’s Sepahan, 3-1, Monday to move into the semifinals of the Club World Cup against AC Milan. The match was a repeat of last month’s Asian Champions League final.
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-Americans
Of the 80 players named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team, nine players were repeat selections: Sam Arthur (Greater Atlanta Christian School, Ga.), Patrick Cates (Dutch Fork, S.C.), Coleton Henning (Aquinas, Kan.), Matt Kassel (Bridgewater Raritan, N.J.), Colin Monasterio (Wayzata, Minn), Brett Uttley (North Kingstown, R.I.), Chris Agorsor (McDonogh School, Md.), Will Bruin (DeSmet, Mo.) and Casey Townsend (Traverse City West, Mich). The selections include players who played high school soccer last winter and spring and are now in college.